Boys' name · since 1957
Tres
502 babies named Tres in U.S. Social Security records since 1957, with the highest year being 2023. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #7,890 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #7,285 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 502
- born since 1957
- 1990s
- peak decade
502 babies have been named Tres since 1957, making it today's #7285 boys' name.
Social Security Administration records show Tres recorded 502 times among boys since 1957, holding rank #7285 nationally today, ahead of 48% of boys, peaking in the 1990s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1957 to 2025.
- #7,890 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #7,285 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 502 born since 1957
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tres ranks #7,890 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,285 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 502 born since 1957, peaking in the 1990s.
- #7,890 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #7,285 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 502
- born since 1957
- 1990s
- peak decade
Tres's 502 recorded births place it above 82.64% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Tres compares
502 Top 44% higher than 56% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Tres's all-time total is 36% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Tres | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 502 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 18 | 34 | 22,252 |
Tres's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Tres's full recorded timeline at 1999, 55% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 45% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1957, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2023 peak of 18 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Tres popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1957–2025
- Peak year (2023)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 69 years of records
Tres popularity over time - girls
5 total births recorded since 1974 (Tres as girls' name)
Tres by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (131 births, 26% of the file).
1990s was Tres's strongest decade.
131 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 26% of all-time use.
Tres births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 5
1950s
5 births
- 1960s 26
1960s
26 births
- 1970s 29
1970s
29 births
- 1980s 49
1980s
49 births
- 1990s
1990s
131 births
- 2000s
2000s
104 births
- 2010s
2010s
95 births
- 2020s
2020s
63 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 131 births (26% of all-time use).
How Tres compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Tres's total volume
Tres by state
Where Tres concentrates geographically, total births since 1957
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 6 | 1.2% |
6 of 502 births nationwide.
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What to do with Tres's data
- Tres's usage has stayed within range of its 1990s decade-level peak (131 total births) through the 2020s (63) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Texas records the most Tress (6 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Tres: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2023)
Similar record span (~68 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1957–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Tres draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.